Virtue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EFEF| Sweet day so cool so calm so bright | A |
| The bridal of the earth and sky | B |
| The dew shall weep thy fall to night | A |
| For thou must die | B |
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| Sweet rose whose hue angry and brave | C |
| Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye | B |
| Thy root is ever in its grave | C |
| And thou must die | B |
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| Sweet spring full of sweet days and roses | D |
| A box where sweets compacted lie | B |
| My music shows ye have your closes | D |
| And all must die | B |
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| Only a sweet and virtuous soul | E |
| Like season'd timber never gives | F |
| But though the whole world turn to coal | E |
| Then chiefly lives | F |
George Herbert
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